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Top Country Songs of the 1960s

1950s <-

1960

-> 1970s

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Date

Title • Artist

Album

Points

Charts Peaks

Comment

03/1960

Sink the Bismarck by Johnny Horton		video MP3

from Johnny Horton Makes History		CD MP3

153

US 3
US country 6

[Columbia 4-41568]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton

03/1960

Big Iron by Marty Robbins		video MP3

from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs		CD MP3

US 26
UK 48
US country 5

[Columbia 41589]
written by Marty Robbins

03/1960

The Old Lamplighter by The Browns		video MP3

from Town & Country		CD MP3

144

US 5
US country 20
US R&B 17

#1 hit for Sammy Kaye's Orchestra in 1946
[RCA 47-7700]
written by Nat Simon & Charles Tobias

04/1960

Stuck on You by Elvis Presley

video

MP3

331

US ✫1
UK 3
US country 27
US R&B 6

[RCA 47-7740]
written by J. Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder

05/1960

He'll Have to Stay by Jeanne Black		video MP3

from A Little Bit Lonely		CD MP3

159

US 4
UK 41
US country 6
US R&B 11

answer to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go"
[Capitol 4368]
written by Audrey Allison, Charles Grean & Joe Allison

05/1960

Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis		video MP3

from More Greatest Hits		CD MP3

307

US ✫1
UK 5
US country 24
US R&B 2

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

05/1960

Mule Skinner Blues by The Fendermen

video

MP3

164

US 5
UK 32
US country 16

[Soma 1137]
written by Jimmie Rodgers & Vaughn Horton (as George Vaughn)

05/1960

Please Help Me I'm Falling by Hank Locklin		video MP3

from Please Help Me, I'm Falling		CD MP3

204

US 8
UK 9
US country ✫1

written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair

09/1960

Let's Think About Living by Bob Luman		video MP3

from Let's Think About Livin'		CD MP3

225

US 7
UK 6
US country 9
US R&B 14

[novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

10.

09/1960

North to Alaska by Johnny Horton		video MP3

from Greatest Hits		CD MP3

208

US 4
UK 23
US country ✫1
US R&B 10

[Columbia 4-41782]
written by Mike Phillips

11.

10/1960

Last Date by Floyd Cramer

video

MP3

191

US 2
US country 11
US R&B 3

[RCA 47-7775]
written by Floyd Cramer

12.

11/1960

Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley

video

MP3

398

US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country 22
US R&B 3

hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk

13.

11/1960

Wings of a Dove by Ferlin Husky

video

MP3

US 12
US country ✫1

[Capitol 4406]
written by Bob Ferguson

14.

01/1961

Baby Sittin' Boogie by Buzz Clifford

video

MP3

151

US 6
UK 17
US country 28
US R&B 27

[novelty]
[Columbia 41876]
written by Johnny Parker

15.

01/1961

Don't Worry (Like All the Other Times) by Marty Robbins		video MP3

from More Greatest Hits		CD MP3

154

US 3
US country ✫1

[Columbia 41922]
written by Marty Robbins

16.

01/1961

Ebony Eyes by The Everly Brothers		video MP3

from The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers		CD MP3

266

US 8
UK ✫1
US country 25
US R&B 25

charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk

17.

04/1961

What'd I Say by Jerry Lee Lewis		video MP3

from Jerry Lee's Greatest		CD MP3

US 30
UK 10
US country 27
US R&B 26

[Sun 356]
written by Ray Charles

18.

04/1961

Hello Walls by Faron Young		video MP3

from Hello Walls		CD MP3

US 12
US AC 13
US country ✫1

[Capitol 4533]
written by Willie Nelson

19.

05/1961

I Fall to Pieces by Patsy Cline		video MP3

from Showcase		CD MP3

US 12
US AC 6
US country ✫1

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #238]
[Decca 31205]
written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard

20.

06/1961

San Antonio Rose by Floyd Cramer		video MP3

from On the Rebound		CD MP3

146

US 8
UK 36
US AC 3
US country 8

[instrumental]
[RCA 47-7893]
written by Bob Wills

21.

06/1961

Sea of Heartbreak by Don Gibson

video

MP3

110

US 21
UK 14
US country 2

[RCA 47-7890]
written by Paul Hampton & Hal David

22.

07/1961

(I Dreamed of a) Hillbilly Heaven by Tex Ritter		video MP3

from Hillbilly Heaven		CD MP3

US 20
US country 5

written by Eddie Dean & Hal Sothern

23.

08/1961

You're the Reason by Bobby Edwards

video

MP3

US 11
US country 4

[Crest 1075]
written by Bobby Edwards, Terry Fell & Fred Henley

24.

10/1961

Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean		video MP3

from Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales		CD MP3

357

US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[spoken]
[Columbia 42175]
written by Jimmy Dean

25.

10/1961

Crazy by Patsy Cline		video MP3

from Showcase		CD MP3

109

US 9
US AC 2
US country 2

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #85]
[Decca 31317]
written by Willie Nelson

26.

10/1961

Walk On By by Leroy Van Dyke		video MP3

from Walk On By		CD MP3

243

US 5
UK 5
US country ✫1

[Mercury 71834]
written by Kendall Hayes & Gary Walker

27.

12/1961

A Little Bitty Tear by Burl Ives		video MP3

from The Versatile Burl Ives!		CD MP3

208

US 9
UK 9
US AC ✫1
US country 2

[Decca 31330]
written by Hank Cochran

28.

01/1962

Dear Ivan by Jimmy Dean

video

MP3

US 24
US AC 6
US country 9

[spoken]
background music "battle hymn of the republic"
[Columbia 42259]
written by Jimmy Dean

29.

01/1962

To a Sleeping Beauty by Jimmy Dean		video MP3

from Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales		CD MP3

US 26
US AC 6
US country 15

[spoken]
[Columbia 42282]
written by Larry Markes, Gus Kahn & Egbert Van Alstyne

30.

01/1962

She's Got You by Patsy Cline		video MP3

from Sentimentally Yours		CD MP3

110

US 14
UK 43
US AC 3
US country ✫1

[Decca 31354]
written by Hank Cochran

31.

01/1962

The Cajun Queen by Jimmy Dean

video

MP3

US 22
US AC 4
US country 16

[spoken]
US B side to a Sleeping Beauty
[Columbia 42282]
written by Wayne Walker

32.

03/1962

P.T. 109 by Jimmy Dean		video MP3

from Portrait of Jimmy Dean		CD MP3

144

US 8
US AC 2
US country 3

[Columbia 42338]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Fred Burch

33.

04/1962

Funny Way of Laughin' by Burl Ives		video MP3

from It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'		CD MP3

156

US 10
UK 29
US AC 3
US country 9

[Decca 31371]
written by Hank Cochran

34.

04/1962

Old Rivers by Walter Brennan		video MP3

from Old Rivers		CD MP3

180

US 5
UK 38
US AC 2
US country 3

[spoken]
[Liberty 55436]
written by Cliff Crofford

35.

05/1962

Adios Amigo by Jim Reeves

video

MP3

US 90
UK 23
US country 2

[RCA 8019]
written by Ralph Freed & Jerry Livingston

36.

05/1962

It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' by Johnny Tillotson		video MP3

from It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'		CD MP3

191

US 3
UK 31
US country 4
US R&B 6

[Cadence 1418]
written by Johnny Tillotson

37.

05/1962

Wolverton Mountain by Claude King		video MP3

from Meet Claude King		CD MP3

168

US 6
US AC 3
US country ✫1

[Columbia 42352]
written by Merle Kilgore & Claude King

38.

07/1962

Call Me Mr. In-Between by Burl Ives		video MP3

from It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'		CD MP3

US 19
US AC 6
US country 3

[Decca 31405]
written by Harlan Howard

39.

07/1962

Devil Woman by Marty Robbins		video MP3

from Devil Woman		CD MP3

171

US 16
UK 5
US country ✫1

[Columbia 42486]
written by Marty Robbins

40.

08/1962

Silver Threads and Golden Needles by The Springfields		video MP3

from Silver Threads & Golden Needles		CD MP3

US 20
US country 16

[Philips 40038]
written by Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds

41.

08/1962

Send Me the Pillow You Dream On by Johnny Tillotson		video MP3

from It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'		CD MP3

105

US 17
UK 21
US AC 5
US country 11

[Cadence 1424]
written by Hank Locklin

42.

09/1962

Don't Go Near the Indians by Rex Allen		video MP3

from Sings and Tells Tales of the Golden West		CD MP3

US 17
US country 4

[Mercury 71997]
written by Lorene Mann

43.

09/1962

Little Black Book by Jimmy Dean		video MP3

from Portrait of Jimmy Dean		CD MP3

US 29
UK 33
US AC 10
US country 10

[Columbia 42529]
written by Jimmy Dean

44.

11/1962

Ruby Ann by Marty Robbins

video

MP3

117

US 18
UK 24
US AC 4
US country ✫1

[Columbia 42614]
written by Roberta Bellamy

45.

12/1962

From a Jack to a King by Ned Miller		video MP3

from From a Jack to a King		CD MP3

294

US 6
UK 2
US AC 3
US country 2

[R]
[Fabor 114]
written by Ned Miller

46.

01/1963

Walk Right In by The Rooftop Singers		video MP3

from Walk Right In!		CD MP3

289

US ✫1
UK 10
US AC ✫1
US country 23
US R&B 4

[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods

47.

01/1963

The End of the World by Skeeter Davis		video MP3

from The End of the World		CD MP3

245

US 2
UK 18
US AC ✫1
US country 2
US R&B 4

[RCA 8098]
written by Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee

48.

02/1963

Still by Bill Anderson		video MP3

from Still		CD MP3

151

US 8
US AC 3
US country ✫1

[Decca 31458]
written by Bill Anderson

49.

06/1963

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash		video MP3

from Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash)		CD MP3

US 17
US country ✫1

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #87]
[Columbia 42788]
written by June Carter Cash (as June Carter) & Merle Kilgore

50.

06/1963

Six Days on the Road by Dave Dudley		video MP3

from Songs About the Working Man		CD MP3

US 32
US AC 13
US country 2

[Golden Wing 3020]
written by Earl Greene & Carl Montgomery

51.

06/1963

Detroit City by Bobby Bare		video MP3

from Detroit City and Other Hits		CD MP3

US 16
US AC 4
US country 6

[RCA Victor 8183]
written by Danny Dill & Mel Tillis

52.

06/1963

Welcome to My World by Jim Reeves

video

MP3

111

US 102
UK 6
US country 2

[RCA Victor 8289]
written by Johnny Hathcock & Ray Winkler

53.

06/1963

Abilene by George Hamilton IV		video MP3

from Abilene		CD MP3

US 15
US AC 4
US country ✫1

[RCA 47-8181]
written by Bob Gibson, John D. Loudermilk & Lester Brown

54.

09/1963

I Can't Stay Mad at You by Skeeter Davis		video MP3

from Let Me Get Close to You		CD MP3

119

US 7
US AC 2
US country 14

[RCA 8219]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

55.

10/1963

500 Miles Away from Home by Bobby Bare		video MP3

from 500 Miles Away from Home		CD MP3

125

US 10
US AC 4
US country 5

[RCA 47-8238]
written by Hedy West

56.

01/1964

See the Funny Little Clown by Bobby Goldsboro		video MP3

from The Bobby Goldsboro Album		CD MP3

138

US 9
US AC 3
US country 3

[United Artists 672]
written by Bobby Goldsboro

57.

06/1964

Dang Me by Roger Miller		video MP3

from Roger and Out		CD MP3

113

US 7
US country ✫1

[Smash 1881]
written by Roger Miller

58.

06/1964

I Won't Forget You by Jim Reeves

video

MP3

141

US 93
UK 3
US AC 15
US country 3

[RCA 8461]
written by Harlan Howard

59.

08/1964

We'll Sing in the Sunshine by Gale Garnett		video MP3

from My Kind of Folk Songs		CD MP3

162

US 4
US AC ✫1
US country 43

[RCA Victor 8388]
written by Gale Garnett

60.

09/1964

Chug-a-Lug by Roger Miller		video MP3

from Roger and Out		CD MP3

US 9
US country 3

[Smash 1926]
written by Roger Miller

61.

10/1964

It Ain't Me, Babe by Johnny Cash		video MP3

from Orange Blossom Special		CD MP3

US 58
UK 28
US country 4

with June Carter
[Columbia 43145]
written by Bob Dylan

62.

10/1964

Ringo by Lorne Greene		video MP3

from Welcome to the Ponderosa		CD MP3

218

US ✫1
UK 22
US AC ✫1
US country 21

[spoken]
[RCA 8444]
written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair

63.

01/1965

I've Got a Tiger by the Tail by Buck Owens		video MP3

from I've Got a Tiger by the Tail		CD MP3

US 25
US country ✫1

[Capitol 5336]
written by Harlan Howard & Buck Owens

64.

01/1965

King of the Road by Roger Miller		video MP3

from The Return of Roger Miller		CD MP3

308

US 4
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[Smash 1965]
written by Roger Miller

65.

04/1965

Queen of the House by Jody Miller		video MP3

from Queen of the House		CD MP3

US 12
US AC 4
US country 5

[Capitol 5402]
written by Roger Miller & Mary Taylor

66.

05/1965

Engine, Engine #9 by Roger Miller		video MP3

from The 3rd Time Around		CD MP3

141

US 7
UK 33
US AC 2
US country 2

[Smash 1983]
written by Roger Miller

67.

08/1965

Is It Really Over? by Jim Reeves		video MP3

from Distant Drums		CD MP3

US 79
UK 17
US AC 10
US country ✫1

[RCA 8625]
written by Jim Reeves

68.

09/1965

Kansas City Star by Roger Miller		video MP3

from The 3rd Time Around		CD MP3

US 31
UK 48
US AC 3
US country 7

[Smash 1998]
written by Roger Miller

69.

10/1965

Make the World Go Away by Eddy Arnold		video MP3

from My World		CD MP3

226

US 6
UK 8
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[RCA 47-8679]
written by Hank Cochran

70.

10/1965

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose by Little Jimmy Dickens		video MP3

from May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose		CD MP3

US 15
US country ✫1

[Columbia 43388]
written by Neal Merritt

71.

11/1965

England Swings by Roger Miller		video MP3

from Golden Hits		CD MP3

168

US 8
UK 13
US AC ✫1
US country 3

[Smash 2010]
written by Roger Miller

72.

11/1965

Flowers on the Wall by The Statler Brothers		video MP3

from Flowers on the Wall		CD MP3

172

US 4
UK 38
US country 2

[Columbia 43315]
written by Lew DeWitt

73.

02/1966

Ballad of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

video

MP3

257

US ✫1
UK 24
US AC ✫1
US country 2

[RCA Victor 8739]
written by Barry Sadler & Robin Moore

74.

02/1966

I Want to Go with You by Eddy Arnold		video MP3

from I Want to Go with You		CD MP3

US 36
UK 46
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[RCA Victor 8749]
written by Hank Cochran

75.

02/1966

Husbands and Wives by Roger Miller		video MP3

from Words and Music by Roger Miller		CD MP3

US 26
US AC 2
US country 5

[Smash 2024]
written by Roger Miller

76.

04/1966

Distant Drums by Jim Reeves		video MP3

from Distant Drums		CD MP3

192

US 45
UK ✫1
US country ✫1

[RCA 8789]
written by Cindy Walker

77.

07/1966

Almost Persuaded by David Houston		video MP3

from Almost Persuaded		CD MP3

US 24
US country ✫1

[Epic 10025]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton

78.

01/1967

I Won't Come in While He's There by Jim Reeves		video MP3

from The Blue Side of Lonesome		CD MP3

US 112
UK 12
US country ✫1

[RCA Victor 9057]
written by Gene Davis

79.

08/1967

Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry		video MP3

from Ode to Billie Joe		CD MP3

281

US ✫1
UK 13
US AC 7
US country 17
US R&B 8

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #412]
[Capitol 5950]
written by Bobbie Gentry

80.

10/1967

By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell		video MP3

from By the Time I Get to Phoenix		CD MP3

US 26
UK 52
US AC 12
US country 2

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #450]
[Capitol 2015]
written by Jimmy Webb

81.

12/1967

Skip a Rope by Henson Cargill		video MP3

from Skip a Rope		CD MP3

US 25
US country ✫1

[Monument 1041]
written by Jack Moran & Glenn D. Tubb

82.

03/1968

Little Green Apples by Roger Miller		video MP3

from A Tender Look at Love		CD MP3

US 39
UK 19
US AC 5
US country 6

[Smash 2148]
written by Bobby Russell

83.

03/1968

Honey by Bobby Goldsboro		video MP3

from Honey		CD MP3

366

US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell

84.

03/1968

U.S. Male by Elvis Presley

video

MP3

US 28
UK 15
US country 55

[RCA 47-9465]
written by Jerry Reed (as Jerry Hubbard)

85.

05/1968

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash		video MP3

from Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison		CD MP3

US 32
UK 52
US AC 39
US country ✫1

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #164]
[live]
original version released in 1956
[Columbia 44513]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (uncredited)

86.

06/1968

Autumn of My Life by Bobby Goldsboro		video MP3

from Word Pictures featuring Autumn of My Life		CD MP3

US 19
UK 58
US AC 2
US country 15

[United Artists 50318]
written by Bobby Goldsboro

87.

08/1968

Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley		video MP3

from Harper Valley PTA		CD MP3

257

US ✫1
UK 12
US AC 4
US country ✫1

[Plantation 3]
written by Tom T. Hall

88.

08/1968

Little Arrows by Leapy Lee		video MP3

from Little Arrows		CD MP3

191

US 16
UK 2
US AC 38
US country 11

[Decca 32380]
written by Albert Hammond & Lee Hazlewood

89.

11/1968

Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell		video MP3

from Wichita Lineman		CD MP3

259

US 3
UK 7
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #192]
[Capitol 2302]
written by Jimmy Webb

90.

11/1968

Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette		video MP3

from Stand by Your Man		CD MP3

US 19
US AC 11
US country ✫1

[Epic 5-10398]
written by Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette

91.

03/1969

Galveston by Glen Campbell		video MP3

from Galveston		CD MP3

221

US 4
UK 14
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[Capitol 2428]
written by Jimmy Webb

92.

05/1969

In the Ghetto by Elvis Presley		video MP3

from From Elvis in Memphis		CD MP3

283

US 3
UK 2
US AC 8
US country 60

[RCA 47-9741]
written by Mac Davis

93.

06/1969

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers		video MP3

from Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town		CD MP3

264

US 6
UK 2
US AC 6
US country 39

as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0829]
written by Mel Tillis

94.

06/1969

Yesterday, When I Was Young by Roy Clark		video MP3

from Yesterday, When I Was Young		CD MP3

US 19
US AC 6
US country 9

[Dot 17246]
written by Charles Aznavour & Herb Kretzmer (as Herbert Kretzmer)

95.

06/1969

When Two Worlds Collide by Jim Reeves		video MP3

from Jim Reeves Writes You a Record		CD MP3

UK 17
US country 6

[RCA 74-0135]
written by Bill Anderson & Roger Miller

96.

07/1969

Clean Up Your Own Back Yard by Elvis Presley

video

MP3

US 35
UK 21
US AC 37
US country 74

[RCA 47-9747]
written by Mac Davis & Billy Strange

97.

07/1969

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash		video MP3

from Johnny Cash at San Quentin		CD MP3

297

US 2
UK 4
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1

[recorded live at san quentin prison]
[noverly]
[Columbia 44944]
written by Shel Silverstein

98.

10/1969

Try a Little Kindness by Glen Campbell		video MP3

from Try a Little Kindness		CD MP3

US 23
UK 45
US AC ✫1
US country 2

[Capitol 2659]
written by Curt Sapaugh & Bobby Austin

99.

11/1969

Don't Cry Daddy by Elvis Presley

video

MP3

216

US 6
UK 8
US AC 3
US country 13

[RCA 47-9768]
written by Scott Davis

100.

12/1969

All I Have to Do Is Dream by Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell

video

MP3

175

US 27
UK 3
US AC 4
US country 6

written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

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